Director/PDMR Shareholding

FirstGroup plc - Notification of Directors' Interests in Shares Each Non-Executive Director of the Company listed below (other than JohnMcFarlane and Warwick Brady who receive 100% of their fee and Imelda Walsh whoreceives 25% of her fee in the form of shares in the Company) has elected toreceive 40% of his fees in the form of shares in the Company. Purchases took place on 23 January 2015 in accordance with standinginstructions as follows: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 10,550 Warwick Brady 2,565 Drummond Hall 1,828 Brian Wallace 1,966 Imeda Walsh 1,184 Jim Winestock 1,909 Mick Barker 1,096 Shares were purchased at a price of 107.8 pence per share. The revised total beneficial holdings of the directors following thesetransactions are: Director Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each John McFarlane 121,679 Warwick Brady 29,730 Drummond Hall 12,392 Brian Wallace 49,223 Imelda Walsh 7,386 Jim Winestock 45,325 Mick Barker 56,442

26 January 2015